Hi folks! Welcome to this 'How to make your guitar sing' series. Previously I have talked about string bending and here is another way of putting spice into the each note that you play on the guitar. It is technically called Legato Slide or simply 'slide'.
As the name goes, you literally slide your fretting finger along a string that you are playing while fretting it. The result is a smooth and quick change in pitch.
So just like string bending, this can be used from above or below ('pitch-wise') your target note/pitch. To make things clearer, try playing a C note on the 5th fret of the 3rd string. Then as the note starts to ring out quickly slide (while still fretting) to the 7th fret (D note).
You can even prolong the first note to make it a two-note phrase instead of having to pick them separately. You can also slide from several frets or even a single fret from above or below at varying speeds to get the necessary nuance you so desire so that your thoughts or emotions are best expressed. Very much like a singer singing!
I have discussed with you known ways of incorporating nuances to the notes you play and there's a few more that I'd like to share to you next time. All these different ways when used together in one musical context make a simple melody sound very interesting. Simple nursery rhymes can sound really killer-like with these.
So keep on experimenting and learn the ways of playing a single note as I have described here and in the previous articles. Until next time.
